> While maintainers' convenience is a valid valid concern and some level > of idiosyncrasy is healthy to allow active maintainers to code in > their preferred style, I think users' convenience should come first > when it conflicts with that of maintainers. Remember, code is written > once and read many. This is particularly true about stdlib. A minor > inconvenience of finding the right place to stick a new function in a > large file does not in my view overweights a major inconvenience of > not having all pieces in one place neatly organized in a linear order.
I agree. While investigating an incompatibility in unittest2, I found that the breakage into multiple files makes it much harder to find out how things fit together, and where specifically a certain functionality is implemented. So join those who would have preferred this module to stay as a single 2000-line file. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
